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ServiceStack - use customized registration?

i created a customized user table for authentication purpose. When i tried to register an user, the built-in registerservice.cs went to UserAuth so a 

""ResponseStatus": {
    "ErrorCode": "InvalidCastException",
    "Message": "Unable to cast object of type 'ServiceStack.Auth.UserAuth' to type 'SOS.Api.ServiceModel.Types.User'.","

was thrown. I know i can extend registerservice.cs, but how do i use the customized .cs? in AppHost.cs Plugins.Add(new RegistrationFeature()); or something? Thanks.

Solution

  • ServiceStack's RegisterService is tied to the built-in UserAuth model, i.e:

    [DefaultRequest(typeof(Register))]
public class RegisterService : RegisterUserAuthServiceBase {}

    You would need to provide your own Custom Register Service to handle your Custom Poco which you can register with:

    [DefaultRequest(typeof(Register))]
public class CustomRegisterService : RegisterUserAuthServiceBase {}

    Since this is a different Register Service you don't want to enable ServiceStack's built-in RegistrationFeature:

    //Plugins.Add(new RegistrationFeature()); //don't register this plugin

    You should instead register your Service manually in your AppHost with:

    this.RegisterService<CustomRegisterService>("/register");
this.RegisterAs<RegistrationValidator, IValidator<Register>>();

    Use a modified copy

    Since the RegisterService is fairly lightweight another option is to take a copy of it and modify it to reference your CustomUserAuth POCO instead.